Reeves v. Hager

The bill in this case is filed to assert the right of complainants to a certain parcel of land in Hartsville, now in possession of and claimed by defendant. The only defense insisted on in this Court is that the defendant is an innocent purchaser. He was so held by the Chancellor and the Court of Chancery Appeals, and the appeal to this Court is by the complainants, who are the only heirs at law of Mrs. Martha Reeves, and claim by descent from her. The defendant claims as innocent purchaser from A. S. Reeves, Si'., the husband of Mrs. Martha Reeves, who held under a will of his former wife.…